KNA PEARL relies on its tenacity to safeguard and protect workers’ rights and benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (LHWCA). We use our legal acumen, breadth of knowledge and resourcefulness to ensure that maritime workers and employees covered by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Defense Base Act, and the Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act who are injured when discharging their duties receive compensation from employers and insurance carriers.
We have used our legal savvy in assisting workers who are injured and become disabled or die at a military, air, or naval bases under the Defense Base Act. The LHWCA covers civilian employees doing work at any military, air, or naval base that was acquired from any foreign government. The LHWCA also covers employees engaged in public work projects outside the continental United States.
The benefits that can be recovered include compensation benefits,(like lost wages, pain and suffering), cost of medical treatment, reimbursement for medical mileage, vocational rehabilitation, attorney’s fees, costs, interest. In the event of a death, the beneficiaries including the widow or widower and minor children of the deceased may be able to recover death benefits and funeral expenses.
Our clients have included workers from different countries who are serving on U.S Army bases in war zones like Afghanistan and Iraq. We have accomplished positive results with vigorous representation and protection of our clients.